JP6941179B2 - Payout device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a payout device that automatically pays out products to be paid out.

In stores such as general convenience stores, various brands of tobacco products are displayed in so-called fixtures for each brand. (1) When the purchaser specifies a brand, the clerk selects the tobacco products of that brand from the fixtures. Or, (2) the purchaser himself / herself takes out the desired brand of tobacco products from the fixtures and purchases them. The tobacco product referred to here is not an individual cigarette used for smoking, but a rectangular parallelepiped package containing a plurality of cigarettes and a rectangular parallelepiped containing other tobacco products, as described later. Means the package of.

Further, Patent Document 1 describes a vending machine that automatically pays out tobacco products to be paid out.
In the vending machine of Patent Document 1, a plurality of product storage columns in which tobacco products are stored in a loaded state for each type are arranged vertically and horizontally in a plurality of rows and rows, and at the bottom of each product storage column. A product extrusion means for extruding the tobacco product at the bottom is provided. The vending machine of the same document further includes a product pick-up means for taking out a product extruded by the product extrusion means and a moving means for moving the product pick-up means from the opposite position of the product extrusion means of each product storage column to the product carry-out part. And have. When paying out tobacco products, first, the tobacco products at the bottom of the product storage column are taken into the product pick-up means, then the product pick-up means move to the product delivery section, and then the tobacco products are picked up. Tobacco products are paid out by being carried out from the means onto the shooter.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-149126

By the way, it is required to devise not only the automation of the payout of tobacco products but also the replenishment of various brands of tobacco products automatically and efficiently without any error.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a payout device capable of suitably replenishing various products represented by tobacco products.

According to the present invention, it is a payout device installed in a store and capable of paying out products to be paid out.
A magazine that stores multiple products in a stacked state,
A storage shelf for accommodating a plurality of the magazines and
A transport mechanism that transports the magazine and
The payout mechanism for paying out the products and
With
The storage shelf
The loading magazine installation section where the magazine is loaded and installed, and
A magazine support unit that supports the plurality of magazines,
Have,
The payout mechanism is configured to pay out the product from the magazine supported by the magazine support portion.
The transport mechanism transports the magazine between the input magazine installation portion and the magazine support portion .
The transport mechanism includes a moving body that holds and moves the magazine.
The moving body can move from the first delivery position to the second delivery position and from the second delivery position to the first delivery position.
At the first delivery position, it is possible to deliver the magazine from the moving body to the loading magazine installation unit and to deliver the magazine from the charging magazine installation unit to the moving body.
At the second delivery position, a payout device capable of delivering the magazine from the moving body to the magazine support portion and delivering the magazine from the magazine support portion to the moving body is provided.

According to the present invention, a plurality of magazines each containing a plurality of products are supported by a magazine support portion of the storage shelf, and the products to be paid out are automatically dispensed from the magazines supported by the magazine support portion by the payout mechanism. be able to.
Moreover, the transport mechanism can transport the magazine replenished with products from the loading magazine installation section to the magazine support section, or transport the magazine requiring replenishment of products from the magazine support section to the loading magazine installation section. .. Therefore, it is possible to preferably replenish the product.

It is a perspective view of the payout device which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the payout device which concerns on embodiment, and the top plate part is not shown in FIG. It is a front view of the payout device which concerns on embodiment, and the front wall is not shown in FIG. It is a front sectional view of the payout device along the line AA of FIG. It is a front sectional view of the payout device along the line BB of FIG. It is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 5, and some magazines are not shown. It is a partially enlarged view which shows the lower end part of the magazine supported by a storage shelf, and the vicinity thereof. It is a perspective view of a partial enlargement of a storage shelf. It is a top view of the partial enlargement of the storage shelf. It is a partially enlarged perspective view of the payout device which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view of a magazine. It is a side view of a magazine. It is a front view of a magazine. It is an enlarged rear view of the lower end part of a magazine. It is a front view of the magazine, and shows the state which the height dimension of the discharge port is smaller than the state of FIG. 16 (a), 16 (b) and 16 (c) are perspective views showing a series of operations for accommodating a product in a magazine. 17 (a), 17 (b), 17 (c) and 17 (d) are schematic plan sectional views of the magazine. It is a perspective view which shows the moving body of a transport mechanism. It is a front view which shows the moving body of a transport mechanism. It is a top view which shows the moving body of a transport mechanism. 21 (a) and 21 (b) are side views of the moving body of the transport mechanism, and FIG. 21 (a) shows a state in which the infestation portion is housed in the moving body main body of the moving body. 21 (b) shows a state in which the infested portion protrudes from the main body of the moving body. It is a perspective view of the moving body of a transport mechanism, and shows the state in which the protruding part protrudes from the moving body main body. It is a figure which shows a series of operations which hold a magazine by a moving body, and shows the state which the moving body has moved to the position which faces the magazine. It is a figure which shows a series of operations which hold a magazine by a moving body, and shows the state which the protruding part protrudes from the moving body main body. It is a figure which shows a series of operations which hold a magazine by a moving body, and shows the state which the moving body is raised relative to the magazine. It is a figure which shows a series of operations which hold a magazine by a moving body, and shows the state which the appearance part is housed in the moving body main body. It is a figure which shows a series of operation which transfers a magazine to a magazine support part by a moving body, and shows the state which the moving body has moved to the position which faces the magazine. It is a figure which shows a series of operation which transfers a magazine to a magazine support part by a moving body, and shows the state which the protruding part protrudes from the moving body main body. It is a figure which shows a series of operation which transfers a magazine to a magazine support part by a moving body, and shows the state which the moving body is lowered relative to a magazine support part. It is a figure which shows a series of operation which transfers a magazine to a magazine support part by a moving body, and shows the state which the haunting part is housed in the moving body main body. 31 (a) and 31 (b) are perspective views showing a state in which the magazine is held by the infested portion of the moving body, and FIG. 31 (a) shows a state in which the infested portion protrudes from the main body of the moving body. , FIG. 31B shows a state in which the infested portion is housed in the moving body main body. It is a figure which shows a series of operations which pay out a product from a magazine by a moving body (the payout mechanism), and shows the state which the moving body has moved to the position which faces the magazine. It is a figure which shows a series of operations of paying out a product from a magazine by a moving body (the payout mechanism), and shows the state which the protruding part protrudes from the moving body main body. It is a figure which shows a series of operations of paying out a product from a magazine by a moving body (the payout mechanism), and shows the state which the haunting part is housed in the moving body main body. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the product was paid out from a magazine by a moving body (payout mechanism). It is a perspective view which shows the lower part (moving body main body and haunting part) of a moving body. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of a moving body, and the 3rd infestation part main body is not shown. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of a moving body, and more members than not shown in FIG. 37 are not shown. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of a moving body, and more members than not shown in FIG. 38 are not shown. It is a top view which shows the lower part of a moving body, and some members are not shown like FIG. 38. It is a perspective view of the main body member which comprises the haunting part main body of a haunting part. It is a perspective view of the 2nd haunting part main body of a haunting part. It is a perspective view of the 3rd infestation part main body of the infestation part. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of a moving body, and shows the state which the appearance part protrudes from the moving body main body. It is a perspective view which shows the transport mechanism of a payout device. It is a side sectional view of the payout device which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the attitude control member and the part in the vicinity thereof. It is a block diagram of the payout device which concerns on embodiment. FIG. 49 (a) is a perspective view showing the attitude control member of the payout device according to the first modification, and FIG. 49 (b) is a side view showing the attitude control member of the payout device according to the first modification. 50 (a) is a perspective view showing a moving body of the payout device according to the modified example 2, FIG. 50 (b) is a perspective view showing a magazine of the payout device according to the modified example 2, and FIG. 50 (c) is a modified example 2. It is an enlarged perspective view of the lower end part of the magazine of the payout device which concerns on. 51 (a) is a front view showing the magazine support portion of the payout device according to the modified example 3, and FIGS. 51 (b) and 51 (c) show the back surface side of the magazine support portion of the payout device according to the modified example 3. It is a perspective view, of which FIG. 51 (b) shows a state in which the shutter member is not pushed by the infested portion, and FIG. 51 (c) shows a state in which the shutter member is pushed by the infested portion and tilted. show. 52 (a), 52 (b) and 52 (c) are schematic side sectional views showing a magazine support portion of the payout device according to the third modification, of which FIG. 52 (a) is a shutter member. 52 (b) shows a state in which the shutter member is pushed by the infested portion and tilted when the product is paid out, and FIG. 52 (c) shows a state in which the infested portion is an insertion space. It shows a state in which the shutter member is pushed by the infested portion and tilted by entering. FIG. 53 (a) is a perspective view showing a partition wall portion of the payout device according to the modified example 4, FIG. 53 (b) is a perspective view showing a magazine of the payout device according to the modified example 4, and FIG. 53 (c) is a modified example. A front view showing an operation of arranging a magazine on the magazine support portion or the loading magazine installation portion of the dispensing device according to FIG. 4, FIG. 53 (c) shows the magazine placed on the magazine supporting portion or the loading magazine installation portion of the dispensing device according to the modified example 4. It is a front view which shows the arranged state.

Detailed description of the invention

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the payout device 100 according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, two payout devices 100 are arranged side by side, and a code of 100A is attached to the payout device 100 on the left side and a code of 100B is attached to the payout device 100 on the right side. .. The following description of the payout device 100 is a description of the payout device 100A on the left side. Since the payout device 100A and the payout device 100B are configured symmetrically with each other, for example, detailed description of the payout device 100B will be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the payout device 100 according to the embodiment. However, in FIG. 2, the top plate portion 12 of the housing 10 is not shown. FIG. 3 is a front view of the payout device 100 according to the embodiment. However, in FIG. 3, the front wall 11 of the housing 10 is not shown. FIG. 4 is a front sectional view of the payout device along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of the payout device along the line BB of FIG. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. However, in FIG. 6, some magazines 30 are not shown. FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view showing the lower end portion of the magazine 30 supported by the storage shelf 21 and its vicinity. FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the storage shelf 21. However, in FIG. 8, only one magazine 30 is shown. FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged plan view of the storage shelf 21. However, in FIG. 9, some magazines 30 are not shown. FIG. 10 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the payout device 100 according to the embodiment. However, in FIG. 10, the opening / closing door 17 (FIG. 1) is not shown, and the internal structure that can be seen when the opening / closing door 17 is opened is shown.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the magazine 30. FIG. 12 is a side view of the magazine 30. FIG. 13 is a front view of the magazine 30. FIG. 14 is an enlarged rear view of the lower end of the magazine 30. FIG. 15 is a front view of the magazine 30, showing a state in which the height dimension of the discharge port 33 is smaller than that in the state of FIG. 16 (a), 16 (b) and 16 (c) are perspective views showing a series of operations for accommodating the product 50 in the magazine 30. 17 (a), 17 (b), 17 (c) and 17 (d) are schematic plan sectional views of the magazine 30.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing a moving body 60 of the transport mechanism. FIG. 19 is a front view showing the moving body 60. Note that FIG. 19 shows a state in which the magazine 30 is held by the moving body 60. FIG. 20 is a plan view showing the moving body 60.
21 (a) and 21 (b) are side views of the moving body 60, of which FIG. 21 (a) shows a state in which the infestation portion 80 is housed in the moving body main body 70 of the moving body 60 (infestation portion). The state in which the 80 is submerged) is shown, and FIG. 21B shows a state in which the infested portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70. FIG. 22 is a perspective view of the moving body 60, showing a state in which the infestation portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70.
23 to 26 are diagrams showing a series of operations of holding the magazine 30 by the moving body 60. Of these, FIG. 23 shows a state in which the moving body 60 has moved to a position facing the magazine 30, FIG. 24 shows a state in which the protruding portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70, and FIG. 25 shows a state in which the moving body 60 is in the magazine 30. On the other hand, FIG. 26 shows a state in which the infestation portion 80 is housed in the moving body main body 70.
27 to 30 are views showing a series of operations of transferring the magazine 30 to the magazine support portion 23 by the moving body 60. Of these, FIG. 27 shows a state in which the moving body 60 has moved to a position facing the magazine 30, FIG. 28 shows a state in which the protruding portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70, and FIG. 29 shows a state in which the moving body 60 is a magazine support portion. FIG. 30 shows a state in which the infestation portion 80 is housed in the moving body main body 70.
31 (a) and 31 (b) are perspective views showing a state in which the magazine 30 is held by the infested portion 80 of the moving body 60, of which FIG. 31 (a) shows the infested portion 80 from the moving body main body 70. A protruding state is shown, and FIG. 31 (b) shows a state in which the infestation portion 80 is housed in the moving body main body 70.
32 to 34 are diagrams showing a series of operations of paying out the product 50 from the magazine 30 by the moving body 60 (payout mechanism). Of these, FIG. 32 shows a state in which the moving body 60 has moved to a position facing the magazine 30, FIG. 33 shows a state in which the infested portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70, and FIG. 34 shows a state in which the infested portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body. Shows the state of being stored in 70.
FIG. 35 is a perspective view showing a state in which the product 50 is paid out from the magazine 30 by the moving body 60.

36 to 39 are perspective views showing the lower part of the moving body 60 (moving body main body 70 and infestation portion 80). However, in FIG. 37, the third haunting portion main body 83 is not shown. Further, in FIG. 38, the third protruding portion main body 83, the pair of left and right pinions 77, the pair of left and right fixing members 72, the pair of left and right guide members 74, and the pair of left and right rack members 75 are not shown. Further, in FIG. 39, the third infestation portion main body 83, the pair of left and right pinions 77, the pair of left and right fixing members 72, the pair of left and right guide members 74, the pair of left and right rack members 75, and the second infestation portion main body 82 are shown. Not shown.
FIG. 40 is a plan view showing the lower part of the moving body 60. However, in FIG. 40, the third infestation main body 83, the pair of left and right pinions 77, the pair of left and right fixing members 72, the pair of left and right guide members 74, and the pair of left and right rack members 75 are not shown.
FIG. 41 is a perspective view of a main body member 811 constituting the infested portion main body 81 of the infested portion 80. FIG. 42 is a perspective view of the second infestation portion main body 82 constituting the infestation portion 80. FIG. 43 is a perspective view showing the lower surface side of the third infestation portion main body 83 constituting the infestation portion 80.
FIG. 44 is a perspective view showing the lower part of the moving body 60, showing a state in which the infested portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70.

FIG. 45 is a perspective view showing a transport mechanism (moving body 60 and moving mechanism 90).
FIG. 46 is a side sectional view of the payout device 100.
FIG. 47 is a perspective view showing the attitude control member 120 and a portion in the vicinity thereof.
FIG. 48 is a block diagram of the payout device 100.

It should be noted that the various components of the present invention do not have to be individually independent, and one component is a part of another component, and a part of one component and another component of another component. It is permissible that some parts overlap.

The payout device 100 according to the present embodiment is a device capable of paying out the product 50 (FIG. 3, etc.) to be paid out. The payout device 100 includes a magazine 30 (FIGS. 2, FIG. 3 and the like) for accommodating a plurality of products 50 in a vertically stacked state, a storage shelf 21 (FIG. 3 and the like) for accommodating a plurality of magazines 30, and a magazine 30. It is equipped with a transport mechanism for transporting. In the case of the present embodiment, the transport mechanism includes a moving body 60 (FIGS. 2, 4, etc.) and a moving mechanism 90 (FIG. 45, etc.). The payout device 100 further includes a payout mechanism (in the case of the present embodiment, the transport mechanism functions as a payout mechanism) for paying out the product 50. The storage shelf 21 has a loading magazine installation section 24 (FIGS. 3 and 10) in which the magazine 30 is loaded and installed, and a magazine support section 23 (FIGS. 3, 4, etc.) that supports a plurality of magazines 30. .. The loading magazine installation unit 24 is a position where the operator of the dispensing device 100 inserts and installs the magazine 30 in the dispensing device 100. The payout mechanism is configured to pay out the product 50 from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23. The transport mechanism transports the magazine 30 between the loading magazine installation section 24 and the magazine support section 23.

According to the payout device 100, a plurality of magazines 30 each containing a plurality of products 50 are supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21, and the products 50 to be paid out from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 are released. It can be automatically paid out by the payout mechanism.
Moreover, the transport mechanism transports the magazine 30 replenished with the product 50 from the charging magazine installation unit 24 to the magazine support unit 23, and the magazine 30 that requires replenishment of the product 50 is transferred from the magazine support unit 23 to the charging magazine installation unit 24. Can be transported to. Therefore, the product 50 can be preferably replenished.

Here, in the case of the present embodiment, an example in which the product 50 is a tobacco product will be described. Tobacco products are not individual cigarettes used for smoking, but a rectangular package containing multiple cigarettes or a rectangular package containing other tobacco products other than cigarettes. ing. Examples of other tobacco products include snuffs, pipe tobacco, and related articles such as suction tools used in these other tobacco products.
However, in the present invention, the product 50 to be paid out is not limited to tobacco products, for example, foods such as confectionery stored in a box-shaped package similar to a tobacco package, CD (compact disc), DVD (digital versatile). It may be a disc), a BD (Blu-ray disc), or the like.
Further, the magazine 30 is not limited to always containing a plurality of products 50, and there may be a magazine 30 in which only one product 50 (singular) is stored, or even one product 50 is stored. There may be a magazine 30 that does not exist.

In the present embodiment, the payout device 100 does not have, for example, a money (money, electronic money, etc.) processing device, and the processing (money processing) related to the settlement of the consideration of the paid out product 50 is, for example, payout. This is performed by a sales processing device such as an electronic cash register installed separately from the device 100.
However, in the present invention, the payout device 100 may be a vending machine provided with a money (money, electronic money, etc.) processing device.

The payout device 100 is installed, for example, at a sales counter of a store such as a convenience store. However, the payout device 100 may be installed in another place.
The operation of the payout device 100 is performed by, for example, a clerk. However, the operation may be performed by the purchaser.

The storage shelves 21 store a plurality of magazines 30 in a plurality of arrays in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction.
As an example, as shown in FIG. 3, the storage shelf 21 stores the magazines 30 in four stages in the vertical direction. In each of the uppermost stage and the second stage from the top of the storage shelf 21, for example, 15 magazines 30 can be arranged side by side in the left-right direction. Further, in each of the third stage from the top and the bottom stage of the storage shelf 21, for example, 12 magazines can be arranged side by side in the left-right direction.
In FIG. 3, three magazines 30 among the magazines 30 housed in the second storage shelf 22 are shown on the right side of the third stage from the top of the storage shelf 21. Further, in FIG. 3, on the right side of the lowermost stage of the storage shelf 21, the magazine 30 installed in the input magazine installation unit 24 and the magazine 30 housed in the second storage shelf 22 are two magazines 30. , Is shown.

In the case of the present embodiment, the transport mechanism includes a moving body 60 that holds and moves the magazine 30. The moving body 60 has a first delivery position 141 (FIG. 3) in which the magazine 30 can be delivered between the moving body 60 and the input magazine installation portion 24, and a magazine between the moving body 60 and the magazine support portion 23. It is movable between and 30 second delivery positions where delivery is possible.
Here, the second delivery position is a position facing any magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21, or is supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22, which will be described later. It is a position facing any of the magazines 30.

In the case of the present embodiment, the payout device 100 includes a second storage shelf 22 which is arranged to face the storage shelf 21 and includes a magazine support portion 23. Then, in the moving area 181 (FIGS. 2 and 46) between the accommodating shelf 21 and the second accommodating shelf 22, the moving body 60 can move up and down and horizontally (left and right in the case of the present embodiment).
The moving body 60 can move up and down and left and right in the moving area 181 even when the magazine 30 is held.
The transport mechanism can transport the magazine 30 from the common input magazine installation portion 24 to the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 and the magazine support portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22, respectively. Further, the transport mechanism can transport the magazine 30 to the common input magazine installation portion 24 from both the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 and the magazine support portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22.

The payout device 100 includes a housing 10, and a storage shelf 21, a second storage shelf 22, and a transport mechanism (moving body 60 and moving mechanism 90) are arranged inside the housing 10. The housing 10 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having, for example, a front wall 11, a top plate portion 12, a left side wall 13, a right side wall 14, a back wall 15, and a bottom plate portion 16.
The front wall 11 is formed with a slot 17a (FIG. 10) which is an opening for loading the magazine 30 into the loading magazine installation portion 24 from the front of the housing 10. The front wall 11 is provided with an opening / closing door 17 for opening / closing the insertion port 17a. In the opening / closing door 17, for example, one side edge of the opening / closing door 17 is connected to the front wall 11 via a hinge. The opening / closing door 17 can be converted into an open state in which the magazine 30 can be taken in and out of the charging magazine installation unit 24 and a closed state in which the magazine 30 cannot be taken in and out of the charging magazine installation unit 24.
At the lower part of the front wall 11, a take-out opening 18 is formed, which is an opening for taking out the product 50 paid out from the magazine 30 to the front of the housing 10. At the lower part of the inside of the housing 10, a shooter 19 for guiding the product 50 paid out from the magazine 30 to the take-out position 20 is provided. The take-out position 20 is, for example, a flat portion provided at the lower end of the shooter 19, and is arranged at a position easily accessible from the outside of the housing 10 through the take-out opening 18.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 2, a guide plate 171 for guiding the product 50 to the left is arranged at an upper position of the charging magazine installation unit 24. Therefore, when the product 50 is paid out from the magazine 30 located above the charging magazine installation unit 24, the product 50 is prevented from falling onto the charging magazine installation unit 24.
The guide plate 171 includes, for example, an upright plate portion 171a that is vertically arranged and an inclined plate portion 171b that is inclined downward toward the left.

As described above, the storage shelves 21 store a plurality of magazines 30 in an array of a plurality of magazines 30 in the vertical direction and a plurality of magazines in the horizontal direction. The storage shelf 21 is arranged at the front portion of the housing 10.
The storage shelf 21 includes a plurality of stages (for example, four stages) of shelf boards 25 (see FIG. 46) that support the magazine 30 via a magazine receiving portion 26, which will be described later, and a frame body that supports these shelf boards 25. It is composed of. Each shelf board 25 extends to the left and right.
The loading magazine installation unit 24 is arranged, for example, in a part of the lowermost shelf board 25 of the storage shelf 21 (for example, the right end portion of the shelf board 25).

The second storage shelf 22 has substantially the same structure as the storage shelf 21, and is arranged at the rear portion of the housing 10. As shown in FIG. 5, the second storage shelf 22 includes, for example, a four-stage shelf board 25 and a frame body that supports these shelf boards 25, and each shelf board 25 extends to the left and right. There is. In each stage of the storage shelf 21, 15 magazines 30 can be arranged and stored in the left-right direction.

In the case of the present embodiment, one magazine 30 accommodates products 50 of the same brand, and each magazine 30 accommodates products 50 of different brands. However, there may be a plurality of magazines 30 that accommodate the products 50 of the same brand.
The payout mechanism pays out the product 50 from the magazine 30 containing the product 50 to be paid out.

As shown in FIG. 6, the shelf board 25 is provided with a plurality of magazine receiving portions 26 for supporting the magazine 30. In the case of the present embodiment, the magazine receiving portions 26 have a trapezoidal shape provided so as to project upward from the upper surface of the shelf board 25, and are arranged at predetermined intervals (for example, at regular intervals) in the left-right direction. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, one magazine 30 is supported by a pair of magazine receiving portions 26 adjacent to each other. That is, the left end portion at the lower end of the magazine 30 is supported by the left magazine receiving portion 26, and the right end portion at the lower end of the magazine 30 is supported by the right magazine receiving portion 26.
As a result, an insertion space 130 for the infested portion 80 (described later) of the moving body 60 is secured between the upper surface of the shelf board 25 and the bottom surface of the magazine 30.
The magazine support portion 23 includes a shelf plate 25 and a magazine receiving portion 26. That is, the magazine support portion 23 includes a magazine receiving portion 26 that supports the magazine 30 in a state where an insertion space for the infestation portion 80 is secured below the bottom surface of the magazine 30.

One magazine receiving unit 26 is shared by supporting two magazines 30 arranged adjacent to each other. That is, each magazine receiving portion 26 has a right end portion at the lower end of the magazine 30 located on the left side with respect to the magazine receiving portion 26 and a left end portion at the lower end portion of the magazine 30 located on the right side with respect to the magazine receiving portion 26. , Support.
A storage space for the magazine 30 is formed between two adjacent magazine receiving portions 26, respectively. For example, 15 storage spaces are formed in the uppermost stage and the second stage from the top of the storage shelf 21, and for example, 12 storage spaces are formed in the lowermost stage and the third stage from the top of the storage shelf 21. A storage space is formed. Further, for example, 15 storage spaces are formed in each stage of the second storage shelf 22.

The magazine support portion 23 further includes a magazine guide portion 27 that is erected from the central portion of the magazine receiving portion 26 in the left-right width direction. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the pair of magazine guide portions 27 are in close proximity to or in contact with each of the left and right side surfaces of the magazine 30.
That is, the magazine support portion 23 includes a pair of magazine guide portions 27 that are erected from the magazine receiving portion 26 and are arranged so as to face each other, and in a state where the magazine 30 is supported by the magazine receiving portion 26, the magazine A pair of magazine guide portions 27 are close to each other or abut against both side surfaces of 30.
As a result, the magazine 30 can be stably supported by the magazine support portion 23.

Each magazine guide portion 27 includes, for example, an upright wall portion 27a that stands up from the magazine receiving portion 26, and a pair of projecting portions 27b that are formed at the upper end portion of the upright wall portion 27a and project to the left and right respectively. ing. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the magazine guide portion 27 is formed in a T shape.
Therefore, each upper end portion of each of the pair of magazine guide portions 27 located on the left and right sides of the magazine 30 has a protruding portion 27b protruding in the direction of each other.
The protruding portions 27b of the pair of magazine guide portions 27 located on both the left and right sides of the magazine 30 are in close proximity to or in contact with the left and right side surfaces of the magazine 30.
As a result, the magazine 30 can be stably supported by the magazine support portion 23, and when the lower portion of the magazine 30 has a horizontally (left-right) protruding portion, the protruding portion and the upright wall. Interference with the portion 27a can be suppressed.

As shown in FIG. 9, each of the protruding portions 27b of the pair of magazine guide portions 27 has a central portion in the infestation direction (in the case of the present embodiment, the front-rear direction) of the infestation portion 80, which will be described later, at both ends in the infestation direction. Compared to each other, they are more prominent in the direction of each other. Therefore, when the magazine 30 held by the protruding portion 80 is moved in the horizontal direction (front-back direction) and supported by the magazine receiving portion 26, or when the magazine 30 supported by the magazine receiving portion 26 is moved in the horizontal direction (front-back direction). ), The interference between the magazine 30 and the protruding portion 27b can be suppressed, and the magazine 30 can be smoothly moved.

As shown in FIG. 10, a charging magazine installation portion 24 is arranged behind the charging port 17a. The structure of the charging magazine installation unit 24 is the same as that of the magazine support unit 23, and the charging magazine installation unit 24 has a pair of magazine receiving portions 26 provided on the shelf plate 25 and magazines formed on each magazine receiving portion 26. It is provided with a guide unit 27.
In addition, although FIG. 10 shows an example in which one insertion magazine installation part 24 is arranged in the back of the insertion port 17a, a plurality of insertion magazine installation parts 24 are arranged side by side in the back of the insertion port 17a. You may be. As an example, six input magazine installation portions 24 are arranged side by side.
Further, when a plurality of input magazine installation units 24 are arranged behind the insertion port 17a, a notification display unit indicating which input magazine installation unit 24 the magazine 30 to be replenished with the product 50 is arranged is displayed. It is preferable that the input magazine installation unit 24 is provided so as to correspond to each input magazine installation unit 24. As an example, an LED for notification is provided at a position corresponding to each input magazine installation unit 24, and the LED corresponding to the input magazine installation unit 24 in which the magazine 30 to be replenished with the product 50 is arranged is selective. It is designed to emit light or blink.
After filling the magazine 30 with the product 50, the operator of the payout device 100 loads the magazine 30 into the loading magazine installation unit 24 via the loading port 17a as shown in FIG. That is, in the same way that the magazine support portion 23 supports the magazine 30 by the pair of magazine receiving portions 26, the loading magazine installation portion 24 also supports the magazine 30 by the pair of magazine receiving portions 26.

Here, the structure of the magazine 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 17 (d).
The magazine 30 includes, for example, a box body 31 and a box lid 32 that is pivotally supported with respect to the box body 31. The magazine body is composed of the box body 31 and the box lid 32.

As shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, the box body 31 is a rectangular parallelepiped box shape in which a plurality of (for example, 10 or more) products 50 can be put in and taken out together.
More specifically, the box body 31 has a pair of side surfaces, a front surface (see FIG. 8), a top surface and a bottom surface, and has a box shape in which the back surface side is open. The magazine 30 may be arranged so that either the front surface or the back surface faces the front of the payout device 100. As shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the magazine 30 may be arranged on the storage shelf 21, the second storage shelf 22, and the loading magazine installation unit 24 so that the front surface of the magazine 30 faces the moving area 181 side, or the magazine 30 may be arranged. The magazine 30 may be arranged on the storage shelf 21, the second storage shelf 22, and the loading magazine installation unit 24 so that the back surface, that is, the surface having the box body lid portion 32 faces the moving region 181 side.
On the other hand, the box body lid portion 32 is pivotally supported with respect to the box body main body portion 31 via a hinge, and the back surface of the box body main body portion 31 is closed (FIG. 16 (c)) and the box body lid portion 32 is open. (FIGS. 16 (a) and 16 (b)) can be opened and closed.
In each of the figures of FIGS. 16 (a) to 16 (c), the magazine 30 is shown in a laid-down state, but the magazine 30 is vertically arranged as shown in FIG. 11 and a plurality of magazines 30 inside. Product 50 is housed in a laminated state.

Here, the product 50 is typically formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape having a front surface and a back surface, a pair of side surfaces, and a top surface and a bottom surface. Assuming that the direction from the front to the back of the product 50 is the depth direction and the direction from the top to the bottom is the top-bottom direction, the magazine 30 has the depth direction of each product 50 in the vertical direction and the top-bottom direction of each product 50 in the front-back direction. The plurality of products 50 are housed in a state where the plurality of products 50 are vertically aligned so as to be oriented (see FIGS. 12, 13, and 15).

With the box body lid 32 open as shown in FIG. 16 (a), a plurality of products 50 are inserted into the box body 31 as shown in FIG. 16 (b), and then FIG. 16 (c). ) Is closed, the magazine 30 can be filled with the product 50.

As shown in FIG. 11, at the lower end of the magazine 30, discharge ports 33 capable of paying out the lowermost product 50 in the magazine 30 are formed in the front and rear, respectively.
In the case of the present embodiment, as will be described later, the product 50 is paid out by pushing the product 50 horizontally from the magazine 30 by the infestation portion 80 provided in the moving body 60. That is, the product 50 is inserted into the magazine 30 from one discharge port 33, and the product 50 is pushed out by pressing the product 50 with the tip of the protrusion 80 to eject the product 50 from the other discharge port 33. Operation is possible.
However, as long as the infestation portion 80 can be inserted into the magazine 30 in order to pay out the lowermost product 50 in the magazine 30, the discharge port 33 may be formed only in front of or behind the magazine 30. good.

As described above, the magazine 30 includes a rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped magazine body (consisting of the box body 31 and the box lid 32) having the discharge port 33 of the product 50, and a plurality of magazines 30 are provided in the magazine body. Can accommodate the product 50 of. The discharge port 33 is arranged at a position corresponding to the lowest product among the products 50 housed in the magazine body, and the payout mechanism is the lowest product 50 in the magazine body via the discharge port 33. Pay out.

Here, the magazine 30 has an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the opening area of the discharge port 33 according to the size of the product 50 housed in the magazine body. More specifically, the adjusting mechanism is for adjusting the height dimension of the outlet 33.
This adjusting mechanism includes a slide member 37 slidably provided with respect to the magazine body.
In the case of the present embodiment, slide members 37 are provided for the lower end of the front surface of the box body 31 and the lower end of the box lid 32, respectively.
The slide member 37 can be slid up and down relative to the box body 31 or the box lid 32.

The slide member 37 is formed in a plate shape, for example, and includes a pair of left and right fitting pins 37a and a pair of left and right slide pins 37b.
As shown in FIG. 14, the slide member 37 includes a base portion 38 and a pair of left and right swinging portions 39 connected to the upper side of the base portion 38 via a constricted flexure portion 37c, respectively. There is.
The swing portion 39 is connected to the upper edge of the right end portion of the base portion 38 via one flexure portion 37c, and the other flexure portion is connected to the upper edge of the left end portion of the base portion 38. The swing portion 39 is connected via 37c.
The fitting pins 37a are formed on the left and right swinging portions 39, respectively. The fitting pin 37a of the swinging portion 39 on the right side protrudes to the right from the upper end of the swinging portion 39, and the fitting pin 37a of the swinging portion 39 on the left side protrudes to the left from the upper end of the swinging portion 39. It protrudes toward you.
The slide pin 37b projects to the left and right from the upper end portion of the base portion 38.

As shown in FIG. 11, at the lower end of the box body lid portion 32, a pair of left and right upper fitting holes 36a into which fitting pins 37a can be fitted and a pair of left and right lower fitting holes into which fitting pins 37a can be fitted, respectively. 36b and a pair of left and right slide holes 36c that guide the slide pins 37b up and down are formed.
Similarly, a pair of left and right upper fitting holes 36a, a pair of left and right lower fitting holes 36b, and a pair of left and right slide holes 36c are formed at the lower end portion of the front surface of the box body main body 31.
The lower fitting hole 36b is arranged below the upper fitting hole 36a. The slide hole 36c is an elongated hole extending vertically.

The pair of fitting pins 37a of the slide member 37 can be fitted into the pair of upper fitting holes 36a or the pair of lower fitting holes 36b. FIG. 11 shows a state in which the pair of fitting pins 37a are fitted into the pair of lower fitting holes 36b, respectively, and the height position of the slide member 37 is “low”. At this time, the height dimension of the discharge port 33 is "small" (see FIG. 15).
On the other hand, FIG. 12 shows a state in which the pair of fitting pins 37a are fitted into the pair of upper fitting holes 36a, respectively. In this case, the height position of the slide member 37 is "high", and the height dimension of the discharge port 33 is "large" (see FIG. 13).
In the case of the present embodiment, by setting the height dimension of the discharge port 33 to "large" or "small" according to the depth dimension of the product 50, the products 50 having various depth dimensions are preferably set to 1 from the discharge port 33. You can pay out one by one.

Switching between a state in which the pair of fitting pins 37a of the slide member 37 is fitted into the pair of upper fitting holes 36a and a state in which the pair of fitting pins 37a are fitted into the pair of lower fitting holes 36b can be performed, for example, as follows.
Here, from the state where the pair of fitting pins 37a are fitted into the pair of lower fitting holes 36b as shown in FIG. 11, the pair of fitting pins 37a are fitted into the pair of upper fitting holes 36a as shown in FIG. The switching to the present state will be described.
First, each swinging portion 39 is pushed down relative to the base portion 38 so that the center side of the left and right swinging portions 39 moves downward. For example, the slide member 37 is pinched by the left hand so that the upper edge and the lower edge of the left half of the slide member 37 are close to each other, and the slide member 37 is slid so that the upper edge and the lower edge of the right half of the slide member 37 are close to each other. The member 37 may be picked with the right hand. As a result, the left and right flexure portions 37c are flexed, and the left and right swing portions 39 swing with respect to the base portion 38, respectively, and the pair of fitting pins 37a are separated from the lower fitting holes 36b, respectively, and the slide pins. The 37b can be slidably moved along the slide hole 36c.
Next, the slide member 37 is moved upward. That is, the slide pin 37b is slid upward along the slide hole 36c.
Next, by releasing the force that pushes down each swinging portion 39, the pair of fitting pins 37a are fitted into the pair of upper fitting holes 36a, respectively.
In this way, the state of FIG. 11 can be switched to the state of FIG.

The payout device 100 includes a spacer member that is installed in the magazine body according to the size of the product 50 housed in the magazine body and fills a gap between the inner wall of the magazine body and the product 50.
As a result, the product 50 can be stably held in the magazine 30, and the rattling of the product 50 in the magazine 30 can be suppressed.

In the case of the present embodiment, the payout device 100 includes a pair of left and right first side spacer members 41 (FIGS. 17 (b) and 17 (c)) and a pair of left and right second side spacer members 42 (FIGS. 17 (b) and 17 (c)) as spacer members. FIG. 17B), the front spacer member 43, and the rear spacer member 44 are provided, and any one or more of the spacer members can be attached to the magazine body and used as needed. It has become like.
FIG. 17A shows a case where the magazine 30 accommodates the long-sized product 50, and the magazine 30 is not equipped with any spacer member.
FIG. 17B shows a case where the slim size product 50 is housed in the magazine 30, and the magazine 30 includes a pair of left and right first side spacer members 41 and a pair of left and right second side spacer members 42. Is installed.
FIG. 17C shows a case where the compact size product 50 is housed in the magazine 30, and the magazine 30 includes a front spacer member 43, a rear spacer member 44, and a pair of left and right first side spacer members 41. It is installed.
FIG. 17D shows a case where the magazine 30 accommodates a normal-sized product 50, and the magazine 30 is equipped with a front spacer member 43 and a rear spacer member 44.
The box body 31 and the box lid 32 are formed with, for example, a locking hole 34 (FIG. 11) for locking and mounting the spacer member.

Next, the moving body 60 will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 44.

The moving body 60 can appear and disappear with reference to the moving body body 70 (FIG. 36) that can move up and down and horizontally and the moving body body 70 in a horizontal infestation direction that intersects the horizontal movement direction of the moving body body 70. It includes a haunting portion 80 (see FIGS. 21 (a), 21 (b), and 22). In the case of the present embodiment, the moving body body 70 can move up and down and left and right, and the haunting portion 80 can haunt the moving body body 70 back and forth with reference to the moving body body 70.
In the transport mechanism, the infestation portion 80 is raised relative to the loading magazine installation portion 24 or the magazine support portion 23 in a state where the infestation portion 80 is projected from the moving body main body 70 (FIG. 22). Hold the magazine 30. FIG. 31A shows a state in which the infestation portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70 and the magazine 30 is held by the infestation portion 80.
Further, the transport mechanism moves the magazine 30 between the first delivery position 141 and the second delivery position by moving the moving body body 70 while the magazine 30 is held by the infestation portion 80.

The moving body 60 holds the magazine 30 by supporting the bottom surface of the box body 31 from below by the infestation 80.
Here, as shown in FIG. 12 and the like, a protrusion 35 projecting downward is formed on the bottom surface of the box body main body 31. The protrusion 35 is formed in a tapered shape such as an inverted truncated cone shape. As an example, a pair of front and rear protrusions 35 are formed on the box body 31.
On the other hand, a hole 83b (FIG. 22) into which each protrusion 35 is fitted when the magazine 30 is held by the third infestation portion main body 83 is formed in the third infestation portion main body 83 (described later) constituting the infestation portion 80. There is. The hole 83b is also formed in a tapered shape such as an inverted truncated cone shape.
By fitting the protrusion 35 of the magazine 30 into the hole 83b of the protruding portion 80, the magazine 30 can be held more stably by the protruding portion 80.
In the present embodiment, a protrusion 35 is formed in the magazine 30 and a hole 83b is formed in the protruding portion 80. On the contrary, a hole is formed in the magazine 30 and a protrusion is formed in the protruding portion 80. However, each may be formed. Further, while the magazine 30 is formed with protrusions and holes, the protruding portion 80 may be formed with holes and protrusions that fit with the protrusions and holes of the magazine 30, respectively.

In this way, with the magazine 30 held by the infested portion 80, the protrusions or holes formed on the bottom surface of the magazine 30 (projections 35 in the present embodiment) and the holes or protrusions formed on the upper surface of the infested portions 80. (Hole 83b in this embodiment) can be fitted.

In the transport mechanism, the magazine 30 is stored in the moving body body 70 and the magazine 30 is held in the upper position of the moving body body 70 (FIG. 31 (b)), and the magazine 30 is placed in the first delivery position 141 and the first. 2 Transport to and from the delivery position.
As a result, the magazine 30 can be conveyed by the moving body 60 in a state where the plane dimension of the space occupied by the moving body 60 and the magazine 30 is made compact. Therefore, the magazine 30 can be conveyed without the haunting portion 80 and the magazine 30 interfering with the storage shelf 21 and the second storage shelf 22.

As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, each of the moving bodies 60 includes a pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61 that are erected from the moving body main body 70 and arranged so as to face each other.
As shown in FIG. 19, when the transport mechanism holds the magazine 30 at an upper position of the moving body main body 70, the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61 are in close proximity to or in contact with both side surfaces of the magazine 30.
As a result, the magazine 30 can be held more stably when the magazine 30 is conveyed by the moving body 60.
The height dimension of the magazine guide portion 61 on the moving body side is preferably larger than the left-right width dimension of the magazine 30, and by doing so, the magazine 30 can be held more stably by the moving body 60.

Each of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61 includes, for example, an upright wall portion 61a standing up from the moving body main body 70 and an upper end protruding portion 61b formed at the upper end portion of the upright wall portion 61a. There is.
The upper end protruding portion 61b of the moving body side magazine guide portion 61 on the left side protrudes toward the right side, and the upper end protruding portion 61b of the moving body side magazine guide portion 61 on the right side protrudes toward the left side.
Then, as shown in FIG. 19, when the magazine 30 is held above the moving body main body 70, the upper end protruding portions 61b of each of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61 with respect to the left and right side surfaces of the magazine 30. It is designed to be in close proximity or in contact.
As a result, the magazine 30 can be supported more stably by the moving body 60, and when the lower portion of the magazine 30 has a horizontally (left-right) protruding portion, the protruding portion and the upright wall. Interference with the unit 61a can be suppressed.
As described above, each upper end portion of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61 has an upper end protruding portion 61b protruding in the direction of each other.

As shown in FIG. 20, in each of the upper end projecting portions 61b of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61, the central portion of the infested portion 80 in the infested direction (front-rear direction) is larger than the both end portions in the infested direction. It protrudes more in the direction of.
Therefore, when the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 or the input magazine installation portion 24 is lifted and then moved in the horizontal direction (front-back direction) to be accommodated in the space between the pair of moving body-side magazine guide portions 61. In addition, interference between the magazine 30 and the upper end protruding portion 61b can be suppressed, and the magazine 30 can be moved smoothly.

Next, the operation of taking out the magazine 30 from the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 by the moving body 60 and holding it on the moving body main body 70 will be described with reference to FIGS. 23 to 26.
First, as shown in FIG. 23, the transport mechanism moves the moving body 60 to a position facing the magazine 30 to be taken out, that is, a second delivery position by the moving mechanism 90 (described later: FIG. 45).
Next, as shown in FIG. 24, the transport mechanism causes the infestation portion 80 to protrude from the moving body main body 70, and inserts the infestation portion 80 into the insertion space 130 below the magazine 30.
Next, as shown in FIG. 25, the transport mechanism raises the moving body 60. As a result, the state in which the magazine 30 is supported by the magazine receiving portion 26 of the magazine supporting portion 23 shifts to the state in which the magazine 30 is held by the infestation portion 80.
Here, when the magazine 30 is held by the infestation portion 80, the protrusion 35 of the magazine 30 is more smoothly fitted into the hole 83b of the third infestation portion main body 83 by slightly vibrating the moving body 60 by the moving mechanism 90. Can be done.
Next, as shown in FIG. 26, the transport mechanism stores the infestation portion 80 in the moving body main body 70. As a result, the magazine 30 is arranged on the moving body main body 70 of the moving body 60 at a distance between the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61. That is, the magazine 30 is held on the moving body 70. Even in the state of FIG. 26, the magazine 30 is held by the infestation portion 80.
Here, the operation of taking out the magazine 30 from the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 and holding it on the moving body main body 70 has been described, but the operation of taking out the magazine 30 from the magazine supporting portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22 and holding it on the moving body main body 70 has been described. Since the operation of holding on the 70 is the same as the operation described with reference to FIGS. 23 to 26 except that the protruding direction of the projecting portion 80 from the moving body body 70 is different, detailed description thereof will be omitted.
Further, since the operation of taking out the magazine 30 from the input magazine installation unit 24 and holding it on the moving body main body 70 is the same as the operation described with reference to FIGS. 23 to 26, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

After the magazine 30 is taken out from the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 or the second storage shelf 22 and held on the moving body main body 70, the transport mechanism moves the moving body 60 up and down or left and right to move the magazine 30 up and down or left and right. Is transported to the first delivery position, and the magazine 30 is transferred from the moving body 60 to the loading magazine installation unit 24.
On the other hand, after the magazine 30 is taken out from the loading magazine installation unit 24 and held on the moving body main body 70, the transport mechanism moves the moving body 60 up and down or left and right to transport the magazine 30 to the second delivery position. The magazine 30 is transferred from the moving body 60 to the storage shelf 21 or the magazine support portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22.

Next, the operation of transferring the magazine 30 from the moving body 60 to the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. 27 to 30.
First, as shown in FIG. 27, the transport mechanism moves the moving body 60 to a position facing the accommodation space to be transferred, that is, a second delivery position by the moving mechanism 90 (described later: FIG. 45).
Next, as shown in FIG. 28, the transport mechanism causes the infestation portion 80 to protrude from the moving body main body 70, and arranges the magazine 30 above the pair of magazine receiving portions 26 constituting the accommodation space to be transferred.
Next, as shown in FIG. 29, the transport mechanism lowers the moving body 60. As a result, the state in which the magazine 30 is held by the infestation portion 80 shifts to the state in which the magazine 30 is supported by the magazine receiving portion 26 of the magazine support portion 23. That is, the magazine 30 is transferred from the moving body 60 to the magazine support portion 23.
Next, as shown in FIG. 30, the transport mechanism stores the infestation portion 80 in the moving body main body 70.
Here, the operation of transferring the magazine 30 from the moving body 60 to the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 has been described, but the operation of transferring the magazine 30 from the moving body 60 to the magazine support portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22 has been described. Is the same as the operation described with reference to FIGS. 27 to 30, except that the projecting direction of the projecting portion 80 from the moving body main body 70 is different, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.
Since the operation of transferring the magazine 30 from the moving body 60 to the loading magazine installation unit 24 is the same as the operation described with reference to FIGS. 23 to 26, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the operation of paying out the product 50 from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. 32 to 34.
First, as shown in FIG. 32, the transport mechanism moves the moving body 60 to a position facing the magazine 30 containing the product 50 to be paid out by the moving mechanism 90 (described later: FIG. 45).
Next, as shown in FIG. 33, the transport mechanism projects the protruding portion 80 from the moving body main body 70, and inserts the protruding portion 80 into the magazine 30 via the discharge port 33 at the lower end of the magazine 30. .. As a result, the product 50 at the bottom of the magazine 30 is pushed out of the magazine 30 by the infestation portion 80 (see also FIG. 35). The product 50 extruded from the magazine 30 falls on the shooter 19, is guided down by the shooter 19, and is paid out to the take-out position 20 (FIG. 1). Therefore, the paid-out product 50 can be taken out to the outside of the pay-out device 100.
Next, as shown in FIG. 34, the transport mechanism stores the infestation portion 80 in the moving body main body 70.
Here, the operation of paying out the product 50 from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the storage shelf 21 has been described, but the product 50 from the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23 of the second storage shelf 22 has been described. Since the operation of paying out is the same as the operation described with reference to FIGS. 32 to 34 except that the protruding direction of the projecting portion 80 from the moving body body 70 is different, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, in the case of the present embodiment, the product 50 is paid out from the magazine 30 by pushing the product 50 horizontally from the magazine 30 by the infestation portion 80.
That is, the haunting portion 80 is shared by the transport mechanism and the payout mechanism, and the payout mechanism pays out the product 50 by projecting the haunting portion 80 from the moving body main body 70 and pushing out the product 50 from the magazine 30. conduct.

In the case of the present embodiment, at least one of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61 is provided with a product detection sensor that detects the product 50 in the magazine 30 supported by the magazine support portion 23.
For example, as shown in FIG. 19, product detection sensors 111 and 112 are provided in each of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61.
Further, each of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions 61 is provided with a product detection sensor facing the storage shelf 21 side and a product detection sensor facing the second storage shelf 22 side, respectively.
That is, the moving body side magazine guide portion 61 on the left side is provided with a product detection sensor 111 facing the storage shelf 21 side and a product detection sensor 113 (FIG. 48) facing the second storage shelf 22 side.
Further, the moving body side magazine guide portion 61 on the right side is provided with a product detection sensor 112 facing the storage shelf 21 side and a product detection sensor 114 (FIG. 48) facing the second storage shelf 22 side.

As the product detection sensors 111 to 114, for example, an infrared sensor can be used. The detection of the product 50 in the magazine 30 can be performed, for example, through the vertically long opening 31a (FIG. 6) formed in the box body 31.
When the magazine 30 is supported by the magazine support portion 23 in the opposite direction to the direction shown in FIG. 6, the detection of the product 50 in the magazine 30 is detected by the vertically long shape formed on the box body lid portion 32. This can be done through the opening 32a (FIG. 11).
The detection signals from the product detection sensors 111 to 114 are input to the control unit 150 (FIG. 48) described later. The control unit 150 has a function of determining the number of products 50 in the magazine 30 based on the detection results of the product detection sensors 111 to 114, and determining the erroneous loading of the products 50 in the magazine 30. ..
That is, the payout device 100 includes a quantity determination unit that determines the number of products 50 in the magazine 30 based on the detection results of the product detection sensors 111 to 114. Therefore, it is possible to easily manage the inventory of the product 50 in the payout device 100.
In addition, the payout device 100 includes an erroneous loading determination unit that determines erroneous loading of the product 50 in the magazine 30 based on the detection results of the product detection sensors 111 to 114. Therefore, when there is an erroneously loaded magazine 30, the magazine 30 can be temporarily moved to the loading magazine installation unit 24, and the product 50 can be reloaded by the operator.

The number of products 50 in the magazine 30 is determined, for example, by dividing the height position of the upper surface of the uppermost product 50 among the products 50 housed in the magazine 30 by the known thickness of the product 50. Can be calculated.
The detection of erroneous loading of the product 50 in the magazine 30 is, for example, when the product 50 is detected once and then temporarily not detected when scanning from above to below by the product detection sensor. It is possible to detect that erroneous loading has occurred.

Here, the distance between the left and right product detection sensors (the distance between the product detection sensor 111 and the product detection sensor 112, and the distance between the product detection sensor 113 and the product detection sensor 114) is the arrangement distance between the adjacent magazines 30. It is set to be equivalent to (distance between centers).
Therefore, the product detection sensor of one of the left and right product detection sensors detects the product 50 of one of the magazines 30 arranged side by side, and the other product detection sensor detects the product of the other magazine 30. 50 detections can be made. Therefore, inventory control and erroneous loading can be detected promptly.
Further, the product detection sensor 111 and the product detection sensor 112 detect the product 50 of the two magazines 30 of the storage shelf 21 in parallel, while the product detection sensor 113 and the product detection sensor 114 detect the second storage shelf 22. The product 50 of the two magazines 30 can be detected in parallel. Therefore, inventory control and detection of erroneous loading can be performed more quickly.

Next, the moving body main body 70 and the haunting portion 80 will be described with reference to FIGS. 36 to 44.
As shown in FIG. 36, the moving body main body 70 includes, for example, a lower housing 71, and a fixing member 72 and a pressing member 73 provided on the upper surface side of the lower housing 71.
The lower housing 71 is configured by, for example, assembling the housing configuration lower member 71a and the housing configuration upper member 71b to each other. The lower housing 71 is formed in a rectangular shape in a plan view.
A fixing hook 71c for fixing the lower housing 71 to the mounting plate 98 (FIG. 45) described later of the moving mechanism 90 is formed in the lower part of the lower housing 71.
Inside the lower housing 71, a drive mechanism composed of a haunting drive motor 161 (FIG. 48) or the like, which is a driving source of the hoisting part 80, is housed. The details of this drive mechanism are not particularly limited, but the drive mechanism includes, for example, a shaft that is rotationally driven by the haunting drive motor 161. The axial direction of the shaft extends in the front-rear direction, and a spiral groove is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft.
The infestation portion 80 projects forward from the moving body main body 70 or rearwardly from the moving body main body 70 along the axial direction of the shaft in conjunction with the rotation of the infestation drive motor 161. It has become.

The haunting portion 80 has, for example, a plurality of stages. In the case of the present embodiment, the infestation portion 80 has a three-stage configuration of the infestation portion main body 81, the second infestation portion main body 82, and the third infestation portion main body 83.
As shown in FIG. 44, the main body member 811 constituting the infested main body 81 protrudes from the moving body main body 70, the second infested main body 82 protrudes longer than the main body member 811, and the third infested main body 83 is the third. 2 The infested portion is designed to protrude longer than the main body 82.

As shown in FIG. 41, the main body member 811 is a flat plate-shaped member. For example, the main body member 811 is formed in a long rectangular shape in the front-rear direction in a plan view. The front-rear dimensions of the main body member 811 match the front-rear dimensions of the lower housing 71.
On the upper surface of the main body member 811, pinion holding bosses 811a are formed in a state of protruding upward at the left end portion and the right end portion of the central portion of the main body member 811 in the front-rear direction, respectively.
The haunting portion main body 81 is configured to include, for example, a main body member 811 and a connecting member for connecting the main body member 811 and the shaft. The connecting member is engaged with the spiral groove on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, and the rotation of the shaft causes the infested portion main body 81 to move forward or backward.

As shown in FIG. 39, the main body member 811 is arranged along the upper surface of the lower housing 71. The main body member 811 is arranged at the center of the lower housing 71 in the left-right width direction, for example. The main body member 811 can be moved back and forth along the upper surface of the lower housing 71.
Each pinion holding boss 811a of the main body member 811 is inserted into the pinion 76, respectively. As a result, the pinion holding boss 811a rotatably holds the pinion 76. That is, the pinion holding boss 811a is the rotation axis of the pinion 76. The rotation axis direction of the pinion 76 is the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 39, the left and right side edge portions of the main body member 811 are restricted from moving upward by a pair of left and right pressing members 73 fixed to the upper surface of the lower housing 71. As a result, the main body member 811 is restricted from falling off from the lower housing 71 upward.
The pressing member 73 is a plate-shaped member that is long in the front-rear direction. For example, the front-rear dimension of the pressing member 73 matches the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
The pair of pressing members 73 are arranged parallel to each other.
In the pair of pressing members 73, rack portions 73a having a rack and pinion structure are formed on the edge portions facing each other.
The rack portion 73a of the left pressing member 73 meshes with the left pinion 76, and the rack portion 73a of the right pressing member 73 meshes with the right pinion 76.

As shown in FIG. 42, the second infested portion main body 82 is a flat plate-shaped member. For example, the second haunting portion main body 82 is formed in a long rectangular shape in the front-rear direction in a plan view. The front-rear dimension of the second haunting portion main body 82 matches the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
On the upper surface of the second infestation portion main body 82, pinion holding bosses 82b are formed in a state of protruding upward at the left end portion and the right end portion of the central portion in the front-rear direction of the second infestation portion main body 82, respectively. ..

As shown in FIGS. 38 and 40, the second haunting portion main body 82 is arranged along the upper surface of the main body member 811 and can be moved back and forth along the upper surface of the main body member 811. The left-right width dimension of the second protruding portion main body 82 is smaller than the left-right width dimension of the main body member 811, and the second protruding portion main body 82 is arranged at the central portion of the main body member 811 in the left-right width direction.
Rack and pinion rack portions 82a are formed on the left and right edges of the second haunting portion main body 82, respectively.
The left rack portion 82a meshes with the left pinion 76, and the right rack portion 82a meshes with the right pinion 76.

As shown in FIG. 37, a pair of left and right fixing members 72 are fixed to the upper surface of the lower housing 71. The pressing member 73 is sandwiched between the fixing member 72 and the lower housing 71. Each fixing member 72 is a flat plate-shaped member, and is formed in a long rectangular shape in the front-rear direction in a plan view. The front-rear dimension of the fixing member 72 matches the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
The left moving body side magazine guide portion 61 is fixed on the left fixed member 72, and the right moving body side magazine guide portion 61 is fixed on the right fixed member 72.

Further, rack members 75 are fixed to the upper surfaces of both left and right ends of the main body member 811. Each rack member 75 is formed to be long in the front-rear direction. The front-rear dimensions of each rack member 75 match the front-rear dimensions of the main body member 811.
A rack and pinion rack portion 75a is formed on the right edge portion of the left rack member 75 and the left edge portion of the right rack member 75, respectively.
Each rack member 75 covers the upper part of the left and right edge portions of the second infested portion main body 82, and the rack member 75 regulates that the second infested portion main body 82 falls off from the main body member 811 upward. ing.

Each pinion holding boss 82b of the second haunting portion main body 82 is inserted into the pinion 77, respectively. As a result, the pinion holding boss 82b holds the pinion 77 rotatably. That is, the pinion holding boss 82b is the rotation axis of the pinion 77. The rotation axis direction of the pinion 77 is the vertical direction.
The left pinion 77 meshes with the rack portion 75a of the left rack member 75, and the right pinion 77 meshes with the rack portion 75a of the right rack member 75.

A guide member 74 is integrally provided on each of the left and right rack members 75. Each guide member 74 is formed to be long in the front-rear direction. The front-rear dimensions of each guide member 74 match the front-rear dimensions of the rack member 75.

As shown in FIG. 43, the third infested portion main body 83 is a flat plate-shaped member. For example, the third haunting portion main body 83 is formed in a long rectangular shape in the front-rear direction in a plan view. The front-rear dimension of the third protruding portion main body 83 coincides with the front-rear dimension of the lower housing 71.
The third projecting portion main body 83 has a downward projecting portion 831 projecting toward the lower surface side. The downward projecting portion 831 extends from the front end to the rear end of the third infestation portion main body 83, for example.
Rack and pinion rack portions 83a are formed on the left and right edge portions of the downward projecting portion 831, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 36, the third infestation portion main body 83 is arranged along the upper surface of the second infestation portion main body 82, and can be moved back and forth along the upper surface of the second infestation portion main body 82. ..
The left rack portion 83a of the third infestation main body 83 meshes with the left pinion 77 (FIG. 37), and the right rack portion 83a of the third infestation main body 83 meshes with the right pinion 77 (FIG. 37). There is.
The left edge portion of the third infested portion main body 83 is sandwiched from above and below by the left guide member 74 and the left rack member 75, and the right edge portion of the third infested portion main body 83 is the right guide member. It is sandwiched from above and below by the 74 and the rack member 75 on the right side.
As a result, the guide member 74 regulates that the third infestation portion main body 83 falls off upward.

Here, when the main body member 811 projects forward with respect to the lower housing 71 by driving the haunting drive motor 161, the pair of left and right pinions 76 move forward along with the main body member 811. At this time, the pair of left and right pinions 76 move forward while rotating while meshing with the rack portion 73a, respectively. Further, the second infestation portion main body 82 has a pair of left and right rack portions 82a that mesh with a pair of left and right pinions 76. Therefore, the second protruding portion main body 82 protrudes forward from the protruding portion main body 81 by the same amount as the amount of protrusion of the main body member 811 from the lower housing 71 (see FIG. 44).

Further, when the second infestation portion main body 82 projects forward from the infestation portion main body 81, the pair of left and right pinions 77 move forward along with the second infestation portion main body 82. At this time, the pair of left and right pinions 77 move forward while rotating while meshing with each other with respect to the rack portion 75a. Further, the third infestation portion main body 83 has a pair of left and right rack portions 83a that mesh with a pair of left and right pinions 77. Therefore, the third infested portion main body 83 projects forward from the second infested portion main body 82 by the same amount as the amount of protrusion of the second infested portion main body 82 from the main body member 811 (see FIG. 44).

Therefore, the amount of protrusion of the third protruding portion main body 83 from the lower housing 71 is three times the amount of protrusion of the main body member 811 from the lower housing 71.

The same applies to the case where the main body member 811 projects rearward with respect to the lower housing 71 by driving the haunting drive motor 161. That is, the second infested portion main body 82 protrudes rearward from the infested portion main body 81 by the same amount as the amount of protrusion of the main body member 811 from the lower housing 71, and the third infested portion main body 83 is the second from the main body member 811. As much as the amount of protrusion of the infested portion main body 82, it protrudes rearward from the second infested portion main body 82.

Next, the moving mechanism 90 of the transport mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. 45.
The moving mechanism 90 is provided on a mounting plate 98 on which the moving body 60 is mounted, a rail 97 that holds the mounting plate 98 so as to be movable to the left and right, and a left end portion and a right end portion of the rail 97, respectively. It is provided with a pair of left and right support plates 96. The rails 97 are arranged horizontally and extend to the left and right.
Further, the moving mechanism 90 includes, for example, a pair of left and right frames 91 and 92. The left frame 91 is arranged, for example, along the inner surface of the left wall 13, and the right frame 92 is arranged, for example, along the inner surface of the right wall 14.

The frame 91 is provided with a pair of upper and lower pulleys 93 (the lower pulley 93 is not shown). A timing belt 94 for driving Y is bridged over these pulleys 93. A support plate 96 on the left side is fixed at one location in the circumferential direction of the Y drive timing belt 94.
Similarly, the frame 92 is also provided with a pair of upper and lower pulleys (not shown), and a Y drive timing belt (not shown) is also bridged to these pulleys. A support plate 96 on the right side is fixed at one position in the direction.
Further, the moving mechanism 90 uses the upper pulleys (the upper pulley 93 of the pair of upper and lower pulleys 93 provided on the left frame 91 and the upper side of the pair of upper and lower pulleys provided on the right frame 92). The drive transmission shaft 95 is provided so as to connect the pulleys of the above to each other.
Further, the moving mechanism 90 includes a Y drive motor 163 that rotationally drives the upper pulley 93. One or a plurality of gears may be interposed between the Y drive motor 163 and the pulley 93.

When the left pulley 93 is rotationally driven by the Y drive motor 163, the left Y drive timing belt 94 rotates. Further, since the pulley on the right side rotates in synchronization with the pulley 93 on the left side via the drive transmission shaft 95, the timing belt for Y drive on the right side also rotates.
As a result, the left and right support plates 96 are raised or lowered. Therefore, the rail 97, the mounting plate 98, and the moving body 60 also rise or fall together with the support plate 96.

Although not shown, the moving mechanism 90 includes a pair of left and right pulleys, an X drive motor 162 (FIG. 48) that rotationally drives one of the pulleys, and an X drive timing bridged between these pulleys. A belt and, for example, are provided inside the rail 97.
A mounting plate 98 is fixed at one location in the circumferential direction of the X drive timing belt.
When the pulley is rotationally driven by the X drive motor 162, the X drive timing belt rotates.
As a result, the mounting plate 98 and the moving body 60 move to the left or right along the rail 97.

The structure of the moving mechanism 90 described here is an example, and as the moving mechanism 90, another mechanism capable of moving the moving body 60 vertically and horizontally can be used.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 46, the payout device 100 is arranged at a position on the extrusion direction side of the product 50 and below the magazine 30 supported by the storage shelf 21 or the second storage shelf 22. The attitude control member 120 is provided.
The attitude control member 120 has an inclined surface 122 that is inclined downward in the extrusion direction of the product 50, and the inclined surface 122 controls the attitude of the product 50 extruded from the magazine 30. That is, the posture of the product 50 is controlled by the inclined surface 122 so that the vertical direction of the product 50 is steeper than a certain level.
As a result, the product 50 falls to the shooter 19 more smoothly.

As shown in FIG. 6, the attitude control member 120 is provided on the curved plate-shaped portion 121 having an inclined surface 122 on one surface and the curved plate-shaped portion 121 provided on the other surface of the curved plate-shaped portion 121 with respect to the curved plate-shaped portion 121. It is provided with a plurality of crossing plate portions 123 that intersect with each other. The curved plate-shaped portion 121 is formed to be long on the left and right.
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 47, a rotating shaft portion 124 extending to the left and right is formed at the upper end portion of the curved plate-shaped portion 121.
On the other hand, in each magazine receiving portion 26, a bearing portion 26a bearing a part of the rotating shaft portion 124 is formed at an end portion on the side opposite to the moving region 181 side. The rotating shaft portion 124 of one attitude control member 120 is supported by the bearing portions 26a of the plurality of magazine receiving portions 26 arranged in a row on the left and right.
In this way, the attitude control member 120 is rotatably supported by the plurality of magazine receiving portions 26.
Side plates 125 (FIG. 46) orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotating shaft portion 124 are provided at both ends of the rotating shaft portion 124, respectively.

Further, each cross plate portion 123 of the attitude control member 120 is in contact with a surface of the upper part of the magazine 30 opposite to the moving region 181 side.
As shown in FIGS. 3, 6 and 46, the curved plate-shaped portion 121 covers the surface of the upper part of the magazine 30 opposite to the moving region 181 side, and the magazine 30 is the moving region 181 side. It suppresses falling to the other side.
By rotating the posture control member 120 around the axis of the rotation shaft portion 124, the posture control member 120 is flipped up, and the curved plate-shaped portion 121 is on the side opposite to the moving region 181 side in the upper part of the magazine 30. It is also possible to leave the surface uncovered. By doing so, the magazine 30 can be easily removed from the storage shelf 21 when the front wall 11 is opened.
Therefore, it is possible to manually take out the product 50 from each magazine 30 and sell it in an emergency such as a power failure.
Further, when the magazine 30 is transported to the storage shelf 21 or the second storage shelf 22, each crossing plate portion 123 can position the surface of the magazine 30 on the side opposite to the moving region 181 side.

As described above, the payout device 100 is arranged below the storage shelf 21 and the second storage shelf 22, and the shooter 19 and the magazine 30 that guide the product 50 extruded from the magazine 30 down toward the take-out position 20. The attitude control member 120 is provided at a position below the extrusion direction of the product 50 with reference to the above, and the attitude control member 120 has an inclined surface 122 that is inclined downward toward the extrusion direction of the product 50. The inclined surface 122 controls the attitude of the product 50 extruded from the magazine 30.

Next, the block configuration of the payout device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 48.
The payout device 100 includes a control unit 150 that comprehensively controls the operation of each part of the payout device 100. The control unit 150 controls the operation of the haunting drive motor 161, the X drive motor 162, the Y drive motor 163, and the like.
The control unit 150 includes a ROM 152 that stores and holds a control program, a CPU 151 that executes a control operation according to the control program, and a RAM 153 that functions as a work area of the CPU 151.

Here, for example, a bar code reader 191 is provided at a position near the opening / closing door 17 on the front wall 11. The arrangement of the magazines 30 on the storage shelves 21 and the second storage shelves 22 is predetermined for each brand, for example.
When the magazine 30 is loaded into the payout device 100, the operator holds the product 50 over the bar code reader 191 to read the barcode attached to the outer surface of the product 50, so that the control unit 150 is loaded from now on. The brand of the product 50 stored in the magazine 30 and the storage space in which the magazine 30 should be stored are recognized.

Further, the payout device 100 includes a door switch (open / close detection unit: not shown) for detecting whether or not the open / close door 17 is closed. That is, the door switch detects that fact when the opening / closing door 17 is closed, or detects that fact when the opening / closing door 17 is open.
The detection result by the door switch is input to the control unit 150 at any time, and the control unit 150 constantly monitors whether or not the opening / closing door 17 is closed.

When the opening / closing door 17 is closed after the magazine 30 is loaded into the loading magazine installation unit 24, the control unit 150 controls the magazine 30 to be transported to the storage space according to the brand.
That is, when the magazine 30 is installed in the loading magazine installation unit 24, the payout device 100 controls the magazine 30 to be transported to an empty area in the magazine support unit 23 of the storage shelf 21 or the second storage shelf 22 by the transport mechanism. It is provided with a magazine transport control unit (control unit 150) for performing the above.

Further, the payout device 100 includes a payout order acquisition unit 155.
The payout command acquisition unit 155 is, for example, an operation unit provided on the outer surface of the housing 10 or an operation tablet provided at a position separated from the housing 10.
The clerk or the purchaser of the product 50 performs a predetermined operation on the payout order acquisition unit 155, so that the brand of the product 50 purchased by the purchaser can be specified.
By operating the payout order acquisition unit 155, the brands of various products 50 can be searched and specified by various search methods such as Japanese syllabary search, brand name search, tar value search, and nicotine value search. It may be. Alternatively, the purchaser may be identified by the purchaser's personal authentication information (information authenticated by voiceprint authentication, vein authentication, reading of a recording medium, etc.), and the brand purchased last time may be searched.
Here, the designation of the brand of the product 50 purchased by the purchaser by the operation on the payout order acquisition unit 155 is referred to as the payout order acquisition unit 155 acquiring the payout order. The payout order acquired by the payout order acquisition unit 155 is notified from the payout order acquisition unit 155 to the control unit 150.
The control unit 150 causes the transport mechanism to perform a process of paying out the product 50 from the magazine 30 containing the product 50 of the brand corresponding to the payout order.

While the magazine 30 is always installed in the input magazine installation unit 24, the magazine support unit 23 may have an empty area in which one or more magazines 30 can be installed. That is, the control unit 150 does not necessarily have to immediately transfer the magazine 30 replenished with the product 50 to the magazine support unit 23.

Further, the product 50 may be paid out from the magazine 30 installed in the input magazine installation unit 24 in response to the payout order. That is, the payout mechanism may be configured to pay out the product 50 from the magazine 30 of the magazine support unit 23 or the magazine 30 of the input magazine installation unit 24.
When the payout device 100 includes a plurality of input magazine installation units 24, the control unit 150 selects the magazine 30 having a large number of products 50 among the plurality of magazines 30 installed in the input magazine installation units 24. It may be transferred to an empty area of the magazine support portion 23. Further, the control unit 150 vacates the magazine 30 of the magazine support unit 23, which has a small capacity of the product 50, that is, the magazine 30 which needs to be replenished or needs to be replenished soon by the above operation. It may be transferred to the input magazine installation unit 24 which has become an area. Further, it is also preferable that the control unit 150 preferentially arranges the magazine 30 containing the best-selling brand product 50 in the input magazine installation unit 24.

<Modification example 1>
Next, the payout device 100 according to the first modification will be described with reference to FIGS. 49 (a) and 49 (b).
In the case of this modification, the attitude control member 120 has a vertical plate-shaped portion 126 connected to the lower side of the lower end of the curved plate-shaped portion 121 in addition to the curved plate-shaped portion 121 having an inclined surface 122 on one surface. It has. The plate surface of the vertical plate-shaped portion 126 is arranged vertically.
As the attitude control member 120 includes the vertical plate-shaped portion 126, the product 50 paid out from the magazine 30 and whose attitude is controlled by the inclined surface 122 is a vertical plate as shown in FIG. 49 (b). It can be made to fall straight along the shape portion 126. As a result, it is possible to prevent the product 50 from being clogged between the front wall 11 and the magazine 30 or between the back wall 15 and the magazine 30 while the product 50 is being dropped.

<Modification 2>
Next, the payout device 100 according to the second modification will be described with reference to FIGS. 50 (a), 50 (b), and 50 (c).
In the case of this modification, as shown in FIG. 50 (a), for example, a plurality of magnets 832 are mounted on the upper surface of the third infested portion main body 83 of the infested portion 80 of the moving body 60. It is buried flush with the top surface of the magnet. As an example, magnets 832 are arranged in two rows in the front-rear direction.
Further, as shown in FIG. 50 (b), the bottom plate 301 that defines the lower end of the discharge port 33 of the magazine 30 is provided with an suction member 302 made of a magnet 832 of the protruding portion 80 and a magnetic material that can be attracted. ing. The suction member 302 is made of, for example, a stainless steel plate. For example, the bottom plate 301 is provided with a pair of left and right suction members 302, and these suction members 302 are arranged corresponding to each row of magnets 832.
Therefore, while the magazine 30 is held by the infested portion 80, the bottom surface of the magazine 30 and the infested portion 80 are attracted to each other by magnetic force. Therefore, the magazine 30 can be held more stably by the haunting portion 80.
Here, an example has been described in which the magnet 832 is provided in the infestation portion 80, while the magazine 30 is provided with the attraction member 302 made of the magnet 832 and a magnetic material that can be attracted. On the contrary, while the magazine 30 is provided with a magnet, the infestation portion 80 may be provided with an attraction member made of a magnetic material capable of attracting the magnet.
Further, while the magazine 30 is held by the infested portion 80, the bottom surface of the magazine 30 and the infested portion 80 are attracted to each other by magnetic force, and the protrusions formed on the bottom surface of the magazine 30 as in the above embodiment. Alternatively, the hole and the hole or protrusion formed on the upper surface of the infestation portion 80 may be fitted.

<Modification example 3>
Next, the payout device 100 according to the third modification will be described with reference to FIGS. 51 (a) to 52 (c).
As shown in FIG. 51 (a), also in the case of this modification, the magazine 30 has a discharge port 33 for discharging the product 50 from the magazine 30.
The dispensing device 100 is provided so as to be swingable with respect to the loading magazine installation portion 24 or the magazine support portion 23, and when the protruding portion 80 protrudes from the moving body main body 70, the shutter member is pushed and tilted by the protruding portion 80. It includes 320 and a stabilizing member 330 that keeps the shutter member 320 in an upright state that closes at least a part of the discharge port 33 when the shutter member 320 is not pressed by the infestation portion 80.

The shutter member 320 is pivotally supported by, for example, a pair of magazine receiving portions 26 constituting the input magazine installation portion 24 or the magazine support portion 23, and is swingable. The swing axis of the shutter member 320 is in the horizontal direction and in the direction in which the plurality of magazines 30 are arranged in the input magazine installation portion 24 or the magazine support portion 23. The shutter member 320 is arranged on the moving region 181 side with reference to the insertion space 130 and the discharge port 33.
The shutter member 320 can be tilted only in one direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 52A) from the standing state.
When the shutter member 320 is in the upright state, as shown in FIGS. 51 (a), 51 (b) and 52 (a), the shutter member 320 covers at least a part of the opening on the moving region 181 side of the insertion space 130. At the same time as closing, at least a part of the opening on the moving region 181 side of the discharge port 33 is closed. As a result, the shutter member 320 regulates that the product 50 in the magazine 30 falls from the discharge port 33 to the moving region 181 side.

When the shutter member 320 is pushed by the infestation portion 80 and tilts, the left stabilizing member 330 shown in FIG. 51 (c), the stabilizing member 330 shown in FIG. 52 (b), and the stabilizing member 330 shown in FIG. 52 (c) are shown. Like the chemical member 330, the stabilizer 330 rises as compared to before the shutter member 320 tilts.
As shown in FIG. 52 (b), the protruding portion 80 is inserted as shown in FIG. 52 (c) as compared with the case where the shutter member 320 is pushed and tilted by the protruding portion 80 when the product 50 is paid out. When the shutter member 320 is pushed by the protruding portion 80 and tilted by entering the space 130, the tilt angle of the shutter member 320 is larger and the amount of rise of the stabilizing member 330 is larger.
The stabilizing member 330 is pivotally supported with respect to the shutter member 320, for example, and is always hung vertically downward from the shutter member 320 due to the weight of the stabilizing member 330. That is, in the case of this modification, the stabilizing member 330 is a weight member.
Due to the weight of the stabilizing member 330, a force for erecting the shutter member 320 acts on the shutter member 320 according to the principle of the lever.
When the protruding portion 80 is housed in the moving body body 70 and the force with which the protruding portion 80 pushes the shutter member 320 is released, the shutter member 320 is in an upright state again by the principle of the lever using the weight of the stabilizing member 330. Return to (FIG. 52 (a)).
The present invention is not limited to the example in which the stabilizing member 330 is a weight member, and the stabilizing member 330 may be a spring. That is, the force that tends to erect the shutter member 320 may be the elastic force of the stabilizing member 330.
As described above, the stabilizing member 330 can be, for example, an urging member (weight member, spring, etc.) that applies an urging force for erecting the shutter member 320 to the shutter member 320.

<Modification example 4>
Next, the payout device 100 according to the modified example 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 51 (a) and 53 (a) to 53 (d).
As shown in FIG. 51 (a), in the case of this modification, the payout device 100 is located between the side surfaces of the adjacent magazines 30 among the magazines 30 arranged in the magazine support portion 23 or the input magazine installation portion 24. It is provided with a partition wall portion 311 that is erected.
As shown in FIG. 53 (a), ribs 312 extending in the front-rear direction are formed on the side surface of the partition wall portion 311, and a groove portion 313 which is a blank portion is formed in the intermediate portion in the extending direction of the rib 312. Is formed.
As shown in FIG. 53B, a protrusion 315 protruding laterally from the side surface is provided on the side surface of the magazine 30.
In the state where the magazine 30 is arranged in the magazine support portion 23 or the input magazine installation portion 24 (FIG. 53 (d)), each of the protrusion 315 and the groove portion 313 is arranged so that the protrusion 315 is arranged in the groove portion 313 of the rib 312. The placement is set.
Therefore, when the magazine 30 is arranged on the magazine support portion 23 or the input magazine installation portion 24, the side surface (projection 315) of the magazine 30 and the partition wall portion 311 (rib 312) are engaged with each other. The fall of the magazine 30 (in the front-back direction) is restricted.
Here, an example in which the rib 312 and the groove 313 are formed on the partition wall portion 311 while the protrusion 315 is provided on the side surface of the magazine 30 has been described. On the contrary, the magazine While ribs and grooves are formed on the side surface of 30, protrusions may be formed on the partition wall portion 311.

Although the embodiments have been described above with reference to the drawings, this is an example of the present invention, and various configurations other than the above can be adopted.
For example, in the above, the example in which the transport mechanism is composed of the moving mechanism 90 and the moving body 60 has been described, but the transport mechanism may further include a transporting means other than the moving mechanism 90 and the moving body 60. ..
Further, in the above description, an example in which the transport mechanism also functions as a payout mechanism has been described, but the payout device 100 may include a payout mechanism separately from the transport mechanism.

In the above, the example in which the opening / closing door 17 is connected to the front wall 11 via a hinge has been described, but the opening / closing door 17 may be a sliding door provided so as to be slidable to the left and right.
Further, the payout device 100 includes an opening / closing door lock mechanism that can switch between a locked state in which the opening / closing door 17 is maintained in a closed state and an unlocked state in which the opening / closing door 17 can be opened and closed. It is also preferable that the control unit 150 unlocks the opening / closing door lock mechanism when it is necessary to replenish the door.

Further, in the above, the example in which the magazine 30 is taken out from the charging magazine installation unit 24 and the product 50 is replenished to the magazine 30 has been described. The box body lid 32 of the magazine 30 may be opened so that the magazine 30 can be replenished with the product 50 via the insertion port 17a.
In this case, it is also preferable that the control unit 150 moves the rail 97 behind each magazine 30 of the input magazine installation unit 24 before the opening / closing door lock mechanism is unlocked. That is, the open / close door lock mechanism is put into the unlocked state with the rail 97 present behind each magazine 30 of the input magazine installation unit 24. As a result, even if the operator accidentally pushes the magazine 30 backward when refilling the magazine 30 with the product 50, the presence of the rail 97 can prevent the magazine 30 from tipping backward.

It is also preferable that the payout device 100 is provided with a door closing notification unit for notifying the operator to close the opening / closing door 17. The door closing notification unit can be, for example, a light emitting member such as an LED provided on the opening / closing door 17. In this case, for example, by blinking the door closing notification unit, it is possible to urge the opening / closing door 17 to be closed.
If a payout command is issued during replenishment of the magazine 30, the control unit 150 first urges the door closing notification unit to close the opening / closing door 17. After that, when the control unit 150 detects that the opening / closing door 17 is closed, the control unit 150 switches the opening / closing door lock mechanism to the locked state, and then pays out the product 50 from the magazine 30.
In this way, the payout device 100 can convert the payout command acquisition unit 155 into an open state in which the magazine 30 can be taken in and out of the loading magazine installation unit 24 and a closed state in which the magazine 30 cannot be taken in and out of the loading magazine installation unit 24. An open / close door 17, an open / close detection unit that detects whether the open / close door 17 is closed, and an open / close state that can be switched between a locked state that keeps the open / close door 17 closed and an unlocked state that allows the open / close door 17 to open and close. It includes a door lock mechanism and a payout control unit (control unit 150). When the payout command acquisition unit 155 acquires a payout command while the open / close detection unit detects that the open / close door 17 is open, the payout control unit determines that the open / close door 17 is closed. When it is detected, the control of switching the opening / closing door lock mechanism to the locked state and the control of paying out the product 50 from the magazine 30 by the payout mechanism are performed in this order.
Therefore, the payout operation of the product 50, that is, the sale of the product 50 can be prioritized over the replenishment operation of the magazine 30.
Further, it is preferable that the control unit 150 controls the opening / closing door lock mechanism to be switched to the unlocked state following the control of paying out the product 50 from the magazine 30 by the payout mechanism. The opening / closing door 17 can be opened again to continue the work of replenishing the magazine 30 with the product 50.

Further, the magazine receiving portion 26 may be formed with a guide portion having a tapered shape or the like for guiding the protruding portion 80 of the moving body 60. Even if the horizontal position of the moving body 60 with respect to the magazine receiving portion 26 is slightly deviated, the infesting portion 80 is guided by the guide portion of the magazine receiving portion 26 when the infesting portion 80 is brought into the insertion space 130. Since the deviation can be absorbed within the range of play (play) between the members constituting the infested portion 80, the infested portion 80 can be inserted into the insertion space 130.

It is also preferable that the payout device 100 is provided with an opening / closing door lock releasing mechanism for the operator to manually release the locked state of the opening / closing door lock mechanism in the event of a power failure or the like.
Similarly, the payout device 100 is provided with a front door lock mechanism for locking the front wall 11 so that the front wall 11 is not normally opened, and the operator holds the lock state of the front door lock mechanism in the event of a power failure or the like. It is also preferable to have a front door unlocking mechanism for unlocking by work.
For example, the opening / closing door unlocking mechanism and the front door unlocking mechanism are configured to include a lever member for unlocking, and by inserting a rod-shaped body such as a ball pen from the front side of the opening / closing door 17 or the front wall 11. , The lever member swings, and the locked state of the opening / closing door unlocking mechanism and the front door unlocking mechanism is released. As a result, the operator can manually take out the product 50 from the magazine 30 arranged behind the opening / closing door 17 and the front wall 11 and sell the product 50.

This embodiment includes the following technical ideas.
(1) A payout device that can pay out the products to be paid out.
A magazine that stores multiple products in a stacked state,
A storage shelf for accommodating a plurality of the magazines and
A transport mechanism that transports the magazine and
The payout mechanism for paying out the products and
With
The storage shelf
The loading magazine installation section where the magazine is loaded and installed, and
A magazine support unit that supports the plurality of magazines,
Have,
The payout mechanism is configured to pay out the product from the magazine supported by the magazine support portion.
The transport mechanism is a payout device that transports the magazine between the input magazine installation portion and the magazine support portion.
(2) The transport mechanism includes a moving body that holds and moves the magazine.
The moving body can deliver the magazine between the moving body and the loading magazine installation portion at a first delivery position where the magazine can be delivered, and between the moving body and the magazine support portion. The payout device according to (1), which is movable between the second delivery position and the second delivery position.
(3) The payout device according to (2), wherein the moving body can move up and down and horizontally while holding the magazine.
(4) The moving body is
A mobile body that can move up and down and horizontally,
In the horizontal infestation direction that intersects the horizontal movement direction of the moving body main body, the infestation portion that can appear and disappear with reference to the moving body main body, and
With
The transport mechanism
The magazine is held by the infested portion by raising the infested portion relative to the input magazine installation portion or the magazine support portion in a state where the infested portion is projected from the moving body main body.
The payout device according to (3), wherein the magazine is moved between the first delivery position and the second delivery position by moving the moving body main body while holding the magazine by the infestation portion.
(5) The payout device according to (4), wherein the magazine support portion includes a magazine receiving portion that supports the magazine in a state where an insertion space for the infested portion is secured below the bottom surface of the magazine.
(6) The magazine support portion includes a pair of magazine guide portions that are erected from the magazine receiving portion and are arranged so as to face each other.
The payout device according to (5), wherein when the magazine is supported by the magazine receiving portion, the pair of magazine guide portions are in close proximity to or in contact with both side surfaces of the magazine.
(7) The payout device according to (6), wherein each upper end portion of each of the pair of magazine guide portions has a protruding portion protruding toward each other.
(8) In each of the protruding portions of the pair of magazine guide portions, the central portion of the infested portion in the infested direction protrudes more toward each other than both end portions in the infested direction (7). ).
(9) The transport mechanism holds the magazine in the moving body main body and holds the magazine at an upper position of the moving body main body, and holds the magazine in the first delivery position and the second delivery position. The payout device according to any one of (4) to (8) for transporting to and from the position.
(10) Each of the moving bodies includes a pair of moving body-side magazine guide portions that are erected from the moving body main body and are arranged so as to face each other.
The payout according to (9), wherein when the transport mechanism holds the magazine at an upper position of the moving body main body, the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions are in close proximity to or in contact with both side surfaces of the magazine. Device.
(11) The payout device according to (10), wherein each upper end portion of each of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions has an upper end protruding portion protruding toward each other.
(12) In each of the upper end protruding portions of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions, the central portion of the infested portion in the infested direction protrudes more toward each other than both end portions in the infested direction. The payout device according to (11).
(13) At least one of the pair of moving body-side magazine guide portions is provided with a product detection sensor for detecting the product in the magazine supported by the magazine support portion (10) to (12). The payout device according to any one of the items.
(14) The payout device according to (13), wherein the product detection sensor is provided in each of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions.
(15) The payout device according to (13) or (14), which includes a quantity determination unit that determines the number of the products in the magazine based on the detection result by the product detection sensor.
(16) The payout device according to any one of (13) to (15), comprising an erroneous loading determination unit for determining erroneous loading of the product in the magazine based on the detection result by the product detection sensor.
(17) The infested portion is shared by the transport mechanism and the payout mechanism.
The payout mechanism according to any one of (4) to (16), wherein the payout mechanism pays out the goods by projecting the infested portion from the moving body main body and pushing out the goods from the magazine. ..
(18) The magazine has a discharge port for discharging the product from the magazine.
The payout device is
A shutter member that is swingably provided with respect to the charging magazine installation portion or the magazine support portion and is pushed and tilted by the protruding portion when the protruding portion protrudes from the moving body main body.
A stabilizing member that keeps the shutter member in an upright state that closes at least a part of the discharge port when the shutter member is not pressed by the protruding portion.
The payout device according to (17).
(19) A shooter arranged below the storage shelf and guiding the product extruded from the magazine to the take-out position.
An attitude control member arranged at a position below the extrusion direction of the product with reference to the magazine.
With
The attitude control member has an inclined surface that is inclined downward in the extrusion direction of the product, and the inclined surface controls the attitude of the product extruded from the magazine (17) or (18). The payout device described in.
(20) With the magazine held by the infested portion, the protrusion or hole formed on the bottom surface of the magazine and the hole or protrusion formed on the upper surface of the infested portion can be fitted (4). ) To (19).
(21) The payout device according to any one of (4) to (20), wherein the bottom surface of the magazine and the infested portion are attracted to each other by a magnetic force while the magazine is held by the infested portion.
(22) A second storage shelf that is arranged to face the storage shelf and has the magazine support portion is provided.
The moving body is movable in the moving area between the storage shelf and the second storage shelf.
The transport mechanism can transport the magazine from the common input magazine installation portion to the magazine support portion of the storage shelf and the magazine support portion of the second storage shelf, respectively (2). 21) The payout device according to any one of the items.
(23) The magazine includes a box-shaped magazine body having a discharge port for the product, and can accommodate the plurality of products in the magazine body.
The discharge port is arranged at a position corresponding to the lowest product among the products housed in the magazine body.
The payout device according to any one of (1) to (22), wherein the payout mechanism pays out the product at the bottom of the magazine body through the discharge port.
(24) The payout device includes a spacer member that is installed in the magazine body according to the size of the product housed in the magazine body and fills a gap between the inner wall of the magazine body and the product (23). The payout device described in.
(25) The payout device according to (23) or (24), wherein the magazine has an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the opening area of the discharge port according to the size of the product housed in the magazine body.
(26) The payout device according to (25), wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a slide member slidably provided with respect to the magazine body.
(27) The payout device according to any one of (1) to (26), wherein the storage shelves store a plurality of the magazines in a plurality of arrays in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction.
(28) When the magazine is installed in the loading magazine installation unit, the magazine transport control unit is provided to control the magazine to be transported to an empty area in the magazine support portion of the storage shelf by the transport mechanism. The payout device according to any one of (1) to (27).
(29) Withdrawal order acquisition department
An opening / closing door that can be converted into an open state in which the magazine can be taken in and out of the loading magazine installation portion and a closed state in which the magazine cannot be taken in and out of the loading magazine installation portion.
An open / close detection unit that detects whether or not the open / close door is closed,
An opening / closing door lock mechanism that can switch between a locked state that keeps the opening / closing door closed and an unlocked state that allows the opening / closing door to open / close.
When the open / close detection unit detects that the open / close door is open and the payout command acquisition unit acquires a payout command, the open / close detection unit detects that the open / close door is closed. A payout control unit that controls the opening / closing door lock mechanism to be switched to the locked state and controls the payout mechanism to pay out the product from the magazine in this order.
The payout device according to any one of (1) to (28).
(30) A partition wall portion is provided between the side surfaces of adjacent magazines among the magazines arranged in the magazine support portion or the input magazine installation portion.
When the magazine is arranged on the magazine support portion or the input magazine installation portion, the side surface of the magazine and the partition wall portion are engaged with each other to prevent the magazine from tipping over (1). The payout device according to any one of (29).

This application claims priority on the basis of Japanese application Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-191831 filed on September 29, 2017, and incorporates all of its disclosures herein.

10 Housing 11 Front wall 12 Top plate 13 Left side wall 14 Right side wall 15 Back wall 16 Bottom plate 17 Opening / closing door 17a Input port 18 Extraction opening 19 Shooter 20 Extraction position 21 Storage shelf 22 Second storage shelf 23 Magazine support part 24 Input magazine installation part 25 Shelf board 26 Magazine receiving part 26a Bearing part 27 Magazine guide part 27a Standing wall part 27b Protruding part 30 Magazine 31 Box body part 31a Opening 32 Box body lid part 32a Opening 33 Outlet 34 Locking hole 35 Protrusion 36a Upper fitting hole 36b Lower fitting hole 36c Slide hole 37 Slide member 37a Fitting pin 37b Slide pin 37c Bending part 38 Base part 39 Swing part 41 First side spacer member 42 Second side spacer member 43 Front side spacer member 44 Rear spacer member 50 Product 60 Moving body 61 Moving body side Magazine guide part 61a Standing wall part 61b Upper end protruding part 70 Moving body body 71 Lower housing 71a Housing configuration Lower member 71b Housing configuration Upper member 71c Fixed hook 72 Fixed Member 73 Pressing member 73a Rack part 74 Guide member 75 Rack member 75a Rack part 76 Pinion 77 Pinion 80 Infestation part 81 Infestation part Main body 811 Main body member 811a Pinion holding boss 82 Second infestation part Main body 82a Rack part 82b Pinion holding boss 83 Third Protruding part Main body 83a Rack part 83b Hole 831 Downward protrusion 832 Magnet 90 Moving mechanism 91, 92 Frame 93 Pulley 94 Y Drive timing belt 95 Drive transmission shaft 96 Support plate 97 Rail 98 Mounting plate 100, 100A, 100B Dispensing device 111 Product detection sensor 112 Product detection sensor 113 Product detection sensor 114 Product detection sensor 120 Attitude control member 121 Curved plate-shaped part 122 Inclined surface 123 Crossing plate part 124 Rotating shaft part 125 Side plate 126 Vertical plate-shaped part 130 Insertion space 141 First delivery position 150 Control unit 151 CPU
152 ROM
153 RAM
155 Payout command acquisition unit 161 Appearance drive motor 162 X drive motor 163 Y drive motor 171 Guide plate 171a Standing plate part 171b Inclined plate part 181 Moving area 191 Bar code reader 301 Bottom plate 302 Suction member 311 Partition wall part 312 Rib 313 Groove part 315 Protrusion 320 Shutter member 330 Stabilizing member

Claims (32)

It is a payout device installed in a store that can pay out the products to be paid out.
A magazine that stores multiple products in a stacked state,
A storage shelf for accommodating a plurality of the magazines and
A transport mechanism that transports the magazine and
The payout mechanism for paying out the products and
With
The storage shelf
The loading magazine installation section where the magazine is loaded and installed, and
A magazine support unit that supports the plurality of magazines,
Have,
The payout mechanism is configured to pay out the product from the magazine supported by the magazine support portion.
The transport mechanism transports the magazine between the input magazine installation portion and the magazine support portion .
The transport mechanism includes a moving body that holds and moves the magazine.
The moving body can move from the first delivery position to the second delivery position and from the second delivery position to the first delivery position.
At the first delivery position, it is possible to deliver the magazine from the moving body to the loading magazine installation unit and to deliver the magazine from the charging magazine installation unit to the moving body.
At the second delivery position, a payout device capable of delivering the magazine from the moving body to the magazine support portion and delivering the magazine from the magazine support portion to the moving body. The payout device includes a housing, and the storage shelf and the transport mechanism are arranged inside the housing. In the housing, the magazine is loaded into the loading magazine installation unit. The payout device according to claim 1, wherein an inlet that is an opening is formed. The housing is provided with an opening / closing door for opening / closing the insertion port. The payout device according to claim 2 , wherein the magazine can be converted into a closed state in which the magazine cannot be taken in and out. The housing has a front wall, and the front wall is formed with the input port and a take-out opening which is an opening for taking out the product paid out from the magazine to the front of the housing. The payout device according to claim 2 or 3. The payout device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the moving body can move up and down and horizontally while holding the magazine. The moving body is
A mobile body that can move up and down and horizontally,
In the horizontal infestation direction that intersects the horizontal movement direction of the moving body main body, the infestation portion that can appear and disappear with reference to the moving body main body, and
With
The transport mechanism
The magazine is held by the infested portion by raising the infested portion relative to the input magazine installation portion or the magazine support portion in a state where the infested portion is projected from the moving body main body.
The payout device according to claim 5 , wherein the magazine is moved between the first delivery position and the second delivery position by moving the moving body main body while holding the magazine by the infestation portion. The payout device according to claim 6 , wherein the magazine support portion includes a magazine receiving portion that supports the magazine in a state where an insertion space for the infested portion is secured below the bottom surface of the magazine. The magazine support portion includes a pair of magazine guide portions that are erected from the magazine receiving portion and are arranged so as to face each other.
The payout device according to claim 7 , wherein when the magazine is supported by the magazine receiving portion, the pair of magazine guide portions are in close proximity to or in contact with both side surfaces of the magazine. The payout device according to claim 8 , wherein each upper end portion of each of the pair of magazine guide portions has a protruding portion protruding toward each other. The ninth aspect of claim 9, wherein each of the projecting portions of the pair of magazine guide portions has a central portion in the projecting direction of the projecting portion projecting more toward each other than both ends in the projecting direction. Payout device. The transport mechanism holds the magazine in the moving body main body and holds the magazine at an upper position of the moving body main body, and holds the magazine at the first delivery position and the second delivery position. dispensing device according to any one of 0 claims 61 to transport between. Each of the moving bodies includes a pair of moving body side magazine guide portions that are erected from the moving body main body and are arranged so as to face each other.
In a state where the transport mechanism was shown holding the magazine in the upper position of the moving body, according to claim 1 1, wherein said pair of moving body side magazine guide portion with respect to both sides of the magazine close to or abutting each Payout device. Wherein each of the upper end portions of the pair of the movable body side magazine guide portion dispensing device of claim 1 2 having an upper protruding portion that protrudes in the direction of one another. A claim that the upper end protruding portion of each of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portions has a central portion of the infested portion in the infested direction so as to project more toward each other than both end portions in the infested direction. dispensing apparatus according to 1 3. At least one of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portion, one of said magazine supporting portion and the product of said magazine is supported to claims 1 2 in which the product sensor is provided for detecting the 1 4 The payout device according to paragraph 1. Dispensing device of claim 1 5 wherein said product detecting sensor is provided on each of the pair of moving body side magazine guide portion. The payout device according to claim 15 or 16 , further comprising a quantity determination unit for determining the number of the products in the magazine based on the detection result by the product detection sensor. The payout device according to any one of claims 15 to 17 , further comprising an erroneous loading determination unit for determining erroneous loading of the product in the magazine based on the detection result by the product detection sensor. The haunting portion is shared by the transport mechanism and the payout mechanism.
The payout device according to any one of claims 6 to 18 , wherein the payout mechanism pays out the goods by projecting the infested portion from the moving body main body and pushing out the goods from the magazine. The magazine has a discharge port for discharging the product from the magazine.
The payout device is
A shutter member that is swingably provided with respect to the charging magazine installation portion or the magazine support portion and is pushed and tilted by the protruding portion when the protruding portion protrudes from the moving body main body.
A stabilizing member that keeps the shutter member in an upright state that closes at least a part of the discharge port when the shutter member is not pressed by the protruding portion.
19. The payout device according to claim 19. A shooter, which is arranged below the storage shelf and guides the product extruded from the magazine, to flow down toward the take-out position.
An attitude control member arranged at a position below the extrusion direction of the product with reference to the magazine.
With
The posture control member has an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward the extrusion direction of the product, by the inclined surface, to claim 19 or 2 0 provide attitude control of the product extruded from the magazine The payout device described. Claims 6 to 2 in which the protrusion or hole formed on the bottom surface of the magazine and the hole or protrusion formed on the upper surface of the protrusion can be fitted while the magazine is held by the protrusion. dispensing device according to any one of 1. Wherein in a state in which the magazine is held by the stored portion, dispensing device according to any one of claims 6 2 2 of adsorbing the bottom of the magazine and the retractable part by a magnetic force with each other. A second storage shelf is provided that is arranged to face the storage shelf and has the magazine support.
The moving body is movable in the moving area between the storage shelf and the second storage shelf.
The transfer mechanism, from a common said turned magazine installation section, said magazine supporting portion of the shelf, and said magazine supporting portion of the second shelf, from each of claims 1 can be transported to the magazine 2 The payout device according to any one of 3. The magazine includes a box-shaped magazine body having a discharge port for the product, and can accommodate the plurality of products in the magazine body.
The discharge port is arranged at a position corresponding to the lowest product among the products housed in the magazine body.
The dispensing mechanism, through said outlet, dispensing device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 2 4 to paying out lowermost of said items in said magazine body. The payout device according to claim 25 , further comprising a spacer member that is installed in the magazine body according to the size of the product housed in the magazine body and fills a gap between the inner wall of the magazine body and the product. Payout device. The payout device according to claim 25 or 26 , wherein the magazine has an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the opening area of the discharge port according to the size of the product housed in the magazine body. The adjustment mechanism dispensing device according to claim 2 7 is configured to include a slide member provided slidably with respect to the magazine body. The payout device according to any one of claims 1 to 28 , wherein the storage shelves store a plurality of the magazines in a plurality of arrays in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction. Claim 1 is provided with a magazine transport control unit that controls the magazine to be transported to an empty area in the magazine support portion of the storage shelf by the transport mechanism when the magazine is installed in the input magazine installation section. The payout device according to any one of 29 to 29. It is a payout device that can pay out the products to be paid out.
A magazine that stores multiple products in a stacked state,
A storage shelf for accommodating a plurality of the magazines and
A transport mechanism that transports the magazine and
The payout mechanism for paying out the products and
With
The storage shelf
The loading magazine installation section where the magazine is loaded and installed, and
A magazine support unit that supports the plurality of magazines,
Have,
The payout mechanism is configured to pay out the product from the magazine supported by the magazine support portion.
The transport mechanism transports the magazine between the input magazine installation portion and the magazine support portion.
The payout device further
Withdrawal order acquisition department
An opening / closing door that can be converted into an open state in which the magazine can be taken in and out of the loading magazine installation portion and a closed state in which the magazine cannot be taken in and out of the loading magazine installation portion.
An open / close detection unit that detects whether or not the open / close door is closed,
An opening / closing door lock mechanism that can switch between a locked state that keeps the opening / closing door closed and an unlocked state that allows the opening / closing door to open / close.
When the open / close detection unit detects that the open / close door is open and the payout command acquisition unit acquires a payout command, the open / close detection unit detects that the open / close door is closed. A payout control unit that controls the opening / closing door lock mechanism to be switched to the locked state and controls the payout mechanism to pay out the product from the magazine in this order.
Payment of Ru equipped with a detection device. It is a payout device that can pay out the products to be paid out.
A magazine that stores multiple products in a stacked state,
A storage shelf for accommodating a plurality of the magazines and
A transport mechanism that transports the magazine and
The payout mechanism for paying out the products and
With
The storage shelf
The loading magazine installation section where the magazine is loaded and installed, and
A magazine support unit that supports the plurality of magazines,
Have,
The payout mechanism is configured to pay out the product from the magazine supported by the magazine support portion.
The transport mechanism transports the magazine between the input magazine installation portion and the magazine support portion.
The payout device further
A partition wall portion is provided between the side surfaces of adjacent magazines among the magazines arranged in the magazine support portion or the input magazine installation portion.
In a state in which the magazine is disposed on the magazine support or the closing magazine installation part, by the side of the magazine and the partition wall portion is engaged with each other, out payment overturning of the magazine Ru is restricting device ..

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